Darren, protagonist of India Hill Brown's Rhythm & Muse, is one of these people who lives in his head. That's his happy place. Why risk rejection, criticism, embarrassment, and failure when you can enjoy perfectly scripted scenarios? Most of his feature Delia, a classmate who transferred into his school the previous year.
Darren's best friend, Justin, is getting fed up with this approach. He wants Darren to make a move or move on.
Delia has a popular podcast: Dillie D in the Place to Be. When she has a contest for a theme song Darren creates a submission and, true to character doesn't send it in...
...Why risk rejection?..
...But someone else does. It wins the contest. Now as Delia seeks the identity of hejr mystery musician Darren must decide whether he has what it takes to leave his fantasies behind and step up to the real world.
Brown got the inspiration for the book in 2018. "During that time, I wasn't seeing a lot of romance centered around a teenage, Black, male protagonist, and I felt like they deserved to have their happily ever after, too." Between inspiration and publication she gave birth to two sons.
On a purrrsonal note, it's back to classes and homework and all the stuff I have to do to graduate. Unfortunately also a return to ❄️. After our lovely days last week.
A great big shout out goes to Brown. I've seen through Amber's experiences how much work goes into a book from inspiration to publication. And I have the real life of birthing and caring for babies. I can't imagine combining the two.
Jules Hathaway
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